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The discovery of this non-avian dinosaur, Changyuraptor yangi, that lived 125 million years ago suggests that flight came before birds. The fossil was discovered in the Liaoning Province of northeastern China by Luis Chiappe from the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, CA. At nearly 4 feet long, it is the largest so-called 4-winged dinosaur discovered. The term “4-winged”…

This was just too cute (and funny!) not to share. I came across a blog in Scientific American that discussed a “standardized test” created by Hannah Bonner, illustrator and children’s writer, to help determine whether someone (or some creature) is a mammal: The test is part of her book called “When Dinos Dawned, Mammals Got…